Date:	Thursday 26 October 1978
Time:	15:30
Type:	Lockheed P-3C Orion
Owner/operator:	United States Navy
Registration:	159892
MSN:	285A-5643
Year of manufacture:	1976
Engine model:	Allison T56-A14
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 15
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	960 km E off Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia -   Pacific Ocean
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Adak Naval Air Facility, AK (ADK/PADK)
Destination airport:	Adak Naval Air Facility, AK (ADK/PADK)

Narrative:
The P-3 Orion aircraft was on a surveillance patrol near Siberia when the no. 1 engine oversped. The propeller failed to feather following the emergency shut down of the engine. A lack of gear box oil resulted in a fire. A controlled ditching was performed. The survivors were rescued by a Soviet trawler.

Fleet AW Association
P-3 Orion Aircraft Location Report (P-3 Orion Research Group - The Netherlands)
US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
VPNavy.org
Bangor Daily News - Oct 27, 1978

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